Words--Reading And now a list of words that Noah recognizes in print (as of March 2004 - aged 2½).  Noah has known his alphabet since early March of 2003 at the latest.  We saw a chart in the doctor's office that says by the age of four (or five) a child can recognize his or her own name in print.  Well, I don't know about that. Noah's been able to recognize his name in print for many months now (I've had no question about that since one night that I performed a simple test with him--that's the date I used below).  Recently, at Grandma Gibson's suggestion, we've started adding more words and he's been soaking them up.  Now, a list. Noah Mom Dad cat dog hat car and go in book red hot stop yes no up down more look big bird ride see out run good word like what make little first ask funny love 7-10 7-10 7-10 9-18 9-18 9-20 9-25 9-25 9-29 9-29 10-3 10-6 10-7 10-8 11-1 11-1 11-10 11-10 11-15 11-15 11-15 11-20 12-1 12-1 12-1 12-1 12-15 12-15 12-25 12-25 1-1 1-1 1-5 1-5 1-10 3-17 I've discontinued keeping this list since it has become an impossible chore.  He is speaking now (some, anyway) and his reading continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  For example, as I write this in late August of 2004, he is very much into keeping track of the day of the week, both by means of a calendar I made on a whiteboard and refrigerator magnets.  And he can read each day of the week. [Addendum: 2/28/05] He is well and truly able to read many things. For instance, he can read entire paragraphs in My Book of Bible Stories with very little assistance. total: 36+